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Abstract

Primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) is a rare genetic disease that causes recurrent respiratory infections. People with PCD may be at higher risk of severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), and therefore vaccination against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is important. We studied vaccination willingness, speed of vaccination uptake, side effects, and changes in social contact behaviour after vaccination in people with PCD. We used data from COVID-PCD, an international participatory cohort study. A COVID-19 vaccination questionnaire was emailed to participants in May 2021 and 423 participants from 31 countries replied (median age: 30 years, range 1–85 years; 261 (62%) female). Vaccination uptake and willingness were high, with 273 of 287 adults (96%) being vaccinated or willing to be in June 2021; only 4% were hesitant. The most common reason for hesitancy was fear of side effects, reported by 88%. Mild side effects were common, but no participant reported severe side effects. Half of the participants changed their social behaviour after vaccination by seeing friends and family more often. The high vaccination willingness in the study population might reflect the extraordinary effort taken by PCD support groups to inform people about COVID-19 vaccination. Clear and specific information and involvement of representatives is important for high vaccine uptake.

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Title
COVID-19 Vaccinations: Perceptions and Behaviours in People with Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia
Author
Pedersen, Eva S L 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Mallet, Maria Christina 2   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Lam, Yin Ting 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Bellu, Sara 3 ; Cizeau, Isabelle 4 ; Copeland, Fiona 5 ; Trini Lopez Fernandez 6 ; Manion, Michele 7 ; Harris, Amanda L 8   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Lucas, Jane S 9   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Santamaria, Francesca 10   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Goutaki, Myrofora 11   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Kuehni, Claudia E 11   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Giuseppe La Torre

 Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern, 3012 Bern, Switzerland; [email protected] (E.S.L.P.); [email protected] (M.C.M.); [email protected] (Y.T.L.); [email protected] (M.G.) 
 Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern, 3012 Bern, Switzerland; [email protected] (E.S.L.P.); [email protected] (M.C.M.); [email protected] (Y.T.L.); [email protected] (M.G.); Graduate School for Health Sciences, University of Bern, 3012 Bern, Switzerland 
 Associazione Italiana Discinesia Ciliare Primaria Sindrome di Kartagener Onlus, 70124 Bari, Italy; [email protected] 
 Association ADCP, 42218 Saint-Étienne, France; [email protected] 
 PCD Support UK, London MK18 9DX, UK; [email protected] 
 Asociación Española de Pacientes con Discinesia Ciliar Primaria, Santo Ángel 30151, Philippines; [email protected] 
 PCD Foundation, Minneapolis, MN 55420, USA; [email protected] 
 Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia Centre, NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton SO16 6YD, UK; [email protected] (A.L.H.); [email protected] (J.S.L.) 
 Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia Centre, NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton SO16 6YD, UK; [email protected] (A.L.H.); [email protected] (J.S.L.); Faculty of Medicine, School of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK 
10  Department of Translational Medical Sciences, Federico II University, 80138 Naples, Italy; [email protected] 
11  Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern, 3012 Bern, Switzerland; [email protected] (E.S.L.P.); [email protected] (M.C.M.); [email protected] (Y.T.L.); [email protected] (M.G.); Division of Paediatric Respiratory Medicine and Allergology, Department of Paediatrics, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, 3010 Bern, Switzerland 
First page
1496
Publication year
2021
Publication date
2021
Publisher
MDPI AG
e-ISSN
2076393X
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2612846167
Copyright
© 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.